English year 5 pupils scored pretty well on the TIMSS 2019 science enquiry questions. In this post I will: describe … More
Author: BenRogers
18 years secondary teacher: 4 years primary. MA in SciEd, member of IoP (serving on the Education Committee) and Chartered Science Teacher. Author of 'Big Ideas of Physics and How to Teach Them.' Director of Curriculum and Pedagogy for Paradigm Trust.
Why Aren’t ‘Trads’ Embracing Collaborative Learning?
If we are serious about evidence informed teaching and learning, why aren’t we using collaborative learning in our classes? There … More
One thing at a time…
How much class time should you devote to working scientifically? All of the ideas above are important, but time is … More
Chess: the Drosophila of Cognitive Science
What I’ve learnt about myself as a learner from chess in 2021 I joined chess.com exactly a year ago, and … More
An Approach to Improving Representation of Women in Science Lessons
If you look in the index of a science textbook, you are unlikely to find many women listed. When you … More
A Reflection on “The 10 Key Issues with Children’s Learning in Primary Science in England” (Bianchi, Whittaker and Poole: 2021)
This post is a reflection on the publication by Bianchi, Whittaker and Poole’s publication in March 2021 (here). This publication … More
Enquiry Teaching in Primary Science
There is a evidence showing that encouraging pupils to design, carry out, analyse and evaluate their own investigations leads to … More
Cast Iron BS Detectors
One of the key arguments for science’s place in the curriculum is for citizenship: we want adults to be capable … More
EEF Primary Science: A Review of the Evidence
Back in 2018, the Education Endowment Foundation (EEF) published a guidance report: Improving Secondary Science. It offered secondary science teacher … More
Arguments for The Place of Science in the Curriculum
Policy makers have to justify the money spent on science education. During the early to mid cold war, the West … More
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